Township 32S Range 29W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 92.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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92.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 32S29W

Median depth went from 111.1 ft before development to 208.7 ft — a change of 92.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 33 at 184.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 50.0 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S Range 29W — depth to water before the aquifer was developed, against the 2022–2024 surface, in feet below ground. A plus sign means the water is deeper than it was; a minus sign means it is shallower. A dash means one of the two is missing; ≥ marks a change computed from a figure floored at ground level.
Sec.	Before	2022–24	Change
01	120.2 ft	200.1 ft	+79.9
02	123.3 ft	199.5 ft	+76.2
03	113.2 ft	182.5 ft	+69.4
04	132.8 ft	208.7 ft	+75.9
05	136.0 ft	225.9 ft	+89.9
06	133.4 ft	235.1 ft	+101.7
07	131.2 ft	235.0 ft	+103.8
08	139.2 ft	231.5 ft	+92.3
09	145.1 ft	219.0 ft	+73.8
10	112.4 ft	172.9 ft	+60.5
11	106.5 ft	171.9 ft	+65.4
12	114.3 ft	180.8 ft	+66.5
13	65.3 ft	123.5 ft	+58.3
14	63.3 ft	130.9 ft	+67.7
15	114.1 ft	191.0 ft	+76.9
16	132.9 ft	225.0 ft	+92.0
17	123.0 ft	228.3 ft	+105.3
18	124.8 ft	236.2 ft	+111.4
19	114.9 ft	237.0 ft	+122.1
20	100.3 ft	225.8 ft	+125.5
21	101.0 ft	221.5 ft	+120.4
22	100.7 ft	199.1 ft	+98.3
23	91.5 ft	166.7 ft	+75.2
24	80.2 ft	134.2 ft	+54.1
25	114.8 ft	166.4 ft	+51.6
26	106.7 ft	191.3 ft	+84.6
27	84.6 ft	212.1 ft	+127.6
28	55.4 ft	215.7 ft	+160.3
29	78.9 ft	226.7 ft	+147.8
30	108.0 ft	238.4 ft	+130.3
31	111.1 ft	239.8 ft	+128.7
32	76.7 ft	230.3 ft	+153.6
33	13.2 ft	197.2 ft	+184.0
34	47.1 ft	195.7 ft	+148.7
35	75.5 ft	165.5 ft	+90.0
36	83.9 ft	133.9 ft	+50.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 29W

78 wells in township 32S range 29W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 20. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 334.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (28), irrigation (19), domestic (13), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (10).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S range 29W, busiest first. The last column is the median depth those wells were drilled to — a driller’s own record of how far down the water was.
Driller of record	Wells	Years	Median depth	Median water level
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	20	1975–1987	260.0 ft	140.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	9	1976–2013	260.0 ft	70.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	7	1991–2002	340.0 ft	160.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	6	2010–2019	500.0 ft	210.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	5	1994–2002	210.0 ft	186.3 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	4	2008	218.2 ft	189.2 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	4	1976–2003	440.0 ft	150.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	3	2011–2014	476.0 ft	212.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	1976–1978	432.0 ft	170.0 ft
Michael Woofter Drlg. INC	2	1977	382.0 ft	125.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2000–2001	479.0 ft	178.0 ft
3t Drilling, INC	1	2025	480.0 ft	205.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1977	255.0 ft	143.0 ft
Dunham Drilling, INC	1	2012	405.0 ft	212.0 ft
E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company	1	1977	315.0 ft	152.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	1	2014	255.0 ft	210.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	1	1998	482.0 ft	182.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2023	400.0 ft	226.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	1	2004	225.0 ft	119.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1977	334.0 ft	149.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2013	255.0 ft	210.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	1	1999	350.0 ft	175.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	2001	296.0 ft	146.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	1	2019	242.0 ft	93.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1986	300.0 ft	175.0 ft

Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
Decade	Wells	Median depth	Median level
1970s	21	272.0 ft	142.0 ft
1980s	14	286.0 ft	156.0 ft
1990s	12	340.0 ft	160.0 ft
2000s	15	219.0 ft	186.2 ft
2010s	14	420.0 ft	210.0 ft
2020s	2	480.0 ft	226.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	28	300.0 ft
Irrigation	19	432.0 ft
Domestic	13	335.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	10	216.2 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	255.0 ft
Industrial	1	220.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S range 29W, by the depth the driller reached. The water level is the one measured on arrival, which is a reading at a point — unlike the surface figures above. The first column is the WWC-5 record number.
Record	Year	Depth	Water level	Purpose	Driller
525258	2019	521.0 ft	217.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
477213	2014	507.0 ft	213.0 ft	Domestic	Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
529053	2019	505.0 ft	218.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
512097	2017	500.0 ft	203.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
301476	1998	482.0 ft	182.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply
512091	2017	482.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1055963476	2025	480.0 ft	205.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	3t Drilling, INC
318938	2001	479.0 ft	172.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
465703	2013	476.0 ft	200.0 ft	Domestic	Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
336211	2003	460.0 ft	166.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 29W?

The median section here has moved 92.0 ft. What that means for one quarter section takes someone on the ground. Tell us where; we pass the request on.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This township sits in Far western Kansas. Meade County, on 100 % of 78 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

31S32W 129.6 ft
31S33W 120.3 ft
31S34W 108.0 ft
31S35W 102.1 ft
31S36W 66.5 ft
31S37W 150.2 ft
32S28W 25.8 ft
32S30W 115.3 ft
32S31W 114.2 ft
32S32W 99.5 ft
32S33W 81.3 ft
32S34W 96.5 ft
32S35W 111.1 ft

Neighbours by the count of measured sections, not a ranking: the list slides with the township, so each of the 256 township pages is reachable from the others. All of them.